MIDDLE READERS SHORTLIST - PANDA 2011 Banerjee, Anjali. Seaglass Summer. While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic, eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.
DiCamillo, Kate. Bink & Gollie. Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
Grant, Michael. The Call. After saving the life of the school's toughest bully, 12-year-old Mack, who fears everything from spiders to the ocean, is visited by the ancient wizard Grimluk, who charges Mack with gathering the "Magnifica," a group of 12 magical 12-year-olds who can defeat the ancient Pale Queen and her daughter.
Mass, Wendy. The Candymakers. Four gifted twelve-year-olds, including Logan, the candymaker's son, are set to be contestants in the Confectionary Association's national competition to determine the nation's tastiest sweet, but nobody anticipates that a friendship will form between them.
McCully, Emily Arnold. The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux. An illustrated account of how four boys discovered the ancient paintings in the cave of Lascaux in the south of France in 1940 while searching for treasure.
Paulsen, Gary. Masters of Disaster. Twelve-year-old Henry Mosely, having decided his life is boring, ropes his friends Riley and Reed into a series of hair-raising adventures, including trying to break world records, visiting a haunted house, and solving a century-old murder.
Peet, Mal. Cloud Tea Monkeys. When her mother becomes too ill to harvest tea on the nearby plantation, Shenaz is too small to fill in, but when she tells the monkeys she has befriended why she is sad, they bring her a basket filled with rare and valuable wild tea.
Singer, Marilyn. Mirror, Mirror. A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
Tanner, Lian. The Museum of Thieves. Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.
Tellegan, Toon. Letters to everyone and anyone. A collection of illustrated, fictional letters written by animals, including an invitation to a dance sent from an elephant to a snail and mole's lonely letters to himself.
Winter, Jeanette. Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia. Luis has so many books in his little house in Colombia that he buys two donkeys and travels throughout the land bringing the joy of reading to children.
Zidrou and Godi. Ducoboo: The Class Struggle. In school, Ducoboo, the self-proclaimed king of dunces, wages a war of wits with Leonie, a gifted girl who refuses to share her answers with him.
MIDDLE READERS - SHORTLIST
MIDDLE READERS SHORTLIST - PANDA 2011
Banerjee, Anjali. Seaglass Summer. While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic,
eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.
DiCamillo, Kate. Bink & Gollie. Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
Grant, Michael. The Call. After saving the life of the school's toughest bully, 12-year-old Mack, who fears everything from spiders to the ocean, is visited by the ancient wizard Grimluk, who charges Mack with gathering the "Magnifica," a group of 12 magical 12-year-olds who can defeat the ancient Pale Queen and her daughter.
Mass, Wendy. The Candymakers. Four gifted twelve-year-olds, including Logan, the candymaker's son, are set to be contestants in the Confectionary Association's national competition to determine the nation's tastiest sweet, but nobody anticipates that a friendship will form between them.
McCully, Emily Arnold. The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux. An illustrated account of how four boys discovered the ancient paintings in the cave of Lascaux in the south of France in 1940 while searching for treasure.
Paulsen, Gary. Masters of Disaster. Twelve-year-old Henry Mosely, having decided his life is boring, ropes his friends Riley and Reed into a series of hair-raising adventures, including trying to break world records, visiting a haunted house, and solving a century-old murder.
Peet, Mal. Cloud Tea Monkeys. When her mother becomes too ill to harvest tea on the nearby plantation, Shenaz is too small to fill in, but when she tells the monkeys she has befriended why she is sad, they bring her a basket filled with rare and valuable wild tea.
Singer, Marilyn. Mirror, Mirror. A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
Tanner, Lian. The Museum of Thieves. Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.
Tellegan, Toon. Letters to everyone and anyone. A collection of illustrated, fictional letters written by animals, including an invitation to a dance sent from an elephant to a snail and mole's lonely letters to himself.
Winter, Jeanette. Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia. Luis has so many books in his little house in Colombia that he buys two donkeys and travels throughout the land bringing the joy of reading to children.
Zidrou and Godi. Ducoboo: The Class Struggle. In school, Ducoboo, the self-proclaimed king of dunces, wages a war of wits with Leonie, a gifted girl who refuses to share her answers with him.